Montreal hosted their annual @NBA preseason game last week and I had the honor to interview @GaryPayton_20, a 9x defensive 1st team & great community leader. @NBACanada did a fantastic job organizing the event and we look forward to hosting you next year #Ballislife
Rob Gronkowski says he lived off $50,000 as an NFL rookie because he understood the NFL meant "Not For Long"
"My agent gave me a $50,000 advance for what's going to come in the marketing world for myself. I just had to pay him back within the first $50,000 I made"
"I was able to purchase my first car, which was a 2008 Escalade, and then to be able to pay rent once I got to New England. And then from there on out, I really didn't need any other money"
"I was getting free meals at the facility. I just kind of needed gas money. You go out, the drinks are free or you pay for one, you get 10 free when you're when you're on the Patriots up in the Boston area"
"So I wasn't really spending much money at all, especially when it got to the season. I mean, you're inside that building and everything's handed to you on a daily basis from breakfast all the way to dinner"
"I just lived off my marketing dollars. I was living a low-level life. I had a condo with a roommate that was on the team as well. We're paying $1,500 a month in rent while in the NFL"
"I was very frugal and that's how I got away with it. Not having any lavish purchases, the first couple years in the league and just banking away what I was making because I truly understood that the NFL stands for not for long"
A family member who has known @spurs Luke Kornet since high school just told me that the chase down block he just had might have been biggest play of his career. (BTW, Luke was a 6-8 and 175 pound high school junior with no D-1 offers)
Nick Suzuki looks absolutely cooked. This is his 101st NHL game of the year! And he played in the Olympics. The last thing he must want to do right now is put on hockey skates. (BTW, Suzuki is 537 for 537 games played. 7 years, no games missed. Impressive.